Festivids #1-2: Plants Behaving Badly

[bironic]

I wasn't feeling great mentally during Festivids signups and into the vidding period, so I went easy on myself and offered only a few sources. I was glad to get matched with corbae for this two-part documentary narrated by David Attenborough, which I hadn't seen but which sounded fun.

Hall & Oates' "Maneater" suggested itself right away as a silly song for the episode about carnivorous plants. It took until the day before deadline to finish it, but by then things were on an upswing and I knocked out "Let's Talk About Sex" in 24 hours for the episode about orchids. And here we are: an irreverent pair of vids about plants.

Maneater on AO3

Favorite part: the ant freaking out because it can't get its footing on the slippery leaf. Poor ant, but also LOL.

Thank you to deelaundry for nudging me to re-edit a sequence to avoid a moment of black video that looked like a mistake.

Let's Talk About Sex on AO3

Favorite part: either the fly that looks buck-toothed because of the pollen or the orchid that nods like a gossiper.

Comments

[lilysea]

Hall & Oates' "Maneater" suggested itself right away as a silly song for the episode about carnivorous plants

Maneater on AO3

Oh, wow! ^_^

This is so original and so unexpected! ^_^

[minoanmiss]

Yay you vidded!

[selki]

Funny and creepy! Venus flytraps are native to my hometown.

[chagrined]

I loved both of these, so much fun. and the plant footage was gorgeous. might have to look up the documentary.